Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-30
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Fractions and Futures from
One to Two Points Lower.
Money Market Easy
Wheas Opened Weak, Declined Steadily
and Closed Lowsr-Livo Stock
TRANSACTIONS Brisk,
Daily Review.
GAZETTE OFFICE. /
FORT WORTH, TEX, Oct. %. 1887. !

GAZETTE OFFICE, I
FORT WORTH. TEX, Oct. % 1881.
Trade hiss been good in all lines to-day.
Cotton did not come In so heavily to-
day ss it has been coming through the
week; only about 100 bales having been
received. The prices remain unchanged.
The feedsturs and grain market con-
tinues brisk, with heavy receipts.
Wool buyers say about all the fleece that
will be marketed here this year has come
in. Those who have not already sent in
their wool will hold over till better prices
Can be he'd.
THE WORLDS EXPORT TRADE.
In Kulow's German Trade Review, Oc-
tober 5, xn interesting picture OF the
struggle going on between the different
nations for the domination OF the worlds
markets is given through calculated per
centsges OF increases or decreases of the
export trade during the five years 1885,
So.
It is important to note that England has
strengthened her position in cotton and
sleeps wool yarns and dry goods, in
spite of all crises and strikes. The same
is the case with Belgium. Austria &C.
cupies the second rank in the
above industry, and attains with
10 per cent. respectable posi-
ton in linen yarns. In leather and
leather goods the leading states are Ger
many and France. but while the export Of
France sank from ~ per cent. to SO 8
per cent that of Germany rose from q 4
TO 80 per cent. The share of Austria
went up from 6 per cent. to 5 per cent.
In paper and paper goods England wesed
bitter war with the German empire.
England's share remained almost without
varying at 34S per cent while that OF
Germany rose from SO to 40 2 per cent.
The share Of Austria increased from Z
TO 9 8 per cent. go that the paper
industry OF the two German
speaking empires covered half tie
consumption of the world. In glass and
glass goods Germany won ground, the
percentage Of the former rising from 20
TO % 2 per cent and that OF the lotte
from 10 8 10 22.S per cent. England 5
percentage remained constant and that OF
France and Belgium respectively declined
In iron, steel, and iron and steel goods
Great Britain managed to still further de-
velop her supremacy, her share increas-
Ing from 81 TO sc. 5 per cent. The share
of Belgium rose from to E 6 pei
cent, while that of Germany declined
from 224 to 81 per cent, thai
of Austria from 0 to 81 per cent
and that of France from 4 8 to % pei
cent In machines England was similar.
IL victorious, and pushed up her export.
from &c Z to 69 per cent, while those @.
Germany showed an inconsidersble rlss
from 1877 to Is per cent, and those o.
France, B Igium and Austria decreased
in the case of the last from 2 2 to z pei
cent. The total results show decline il
the value Of the to al export trade which
would have been occasioned under any
circumstances by the fall OF prices. A com
parison of the shares of the individui
branches Of industry in the total resul
proves that the largest export wss of cot
ton warn and cotton goods and amounted
TO 297 Per cent. Then came woolel
goods with 18 per cent, land finally iron
snd iron and steel goods with 16 PEI
cent While in 1881 IS per cent. of tint
,1port fell to the share OF the textile in
dustry, 81 per cent. to the iron and ma
chine industry, and Is to the remaining
manufactures. In 1855 the percentage
were "a, 10 and 16 5 respectively TO
the same branches of the export trade.